New Years Day was the first day you could legally purchase marijuana in the state of Colorado, and the overall sales on that day exceeded $1 million. According to our friends over at The Huffington Post, the 37 new dispensaries throughout the state reported a collective $5 million within the first week of business. The state of Colorado is also tacking on a hefty 25 percent tax to these purchases, and expects to pull in an estimated $70 million annually. Perhaps New York could learn something from these mile-‘highers.’

And check out this other awesome stuff while our intern continues to search for flights to Denver…